Improvement in tombstones



UNITED STATESy PATENT OFFICE.

J. H. SMITH A ND G. W. SMITH, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO J.H. SMITH AFORESAID.

IMPROVEMENT IN ToMBsToNEs,

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,978, dated July 22,1862.

To all whom, it 11mg/ concern:

Beit known that we, J. H. SMITH and G.

YV. SMITH, both of Port Chester, in the county 0f Westchester and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tombstones;and we do hereby declare that the followingisa full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accoml panyingdrawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in whichM Y Figure 1represents a longitudinal vertical section of our invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section of the same.

Similar letters of referencein both views indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the operation ofconnecting` the tablet or headstone with the base or pedestal and toconceal all traces of this operation or of the cement used in the same.

The invention consists in the arrangement of channels leading from belowthrough the bottom of the pedestal to the socket which receives thetablet in such a manner that the sulphur or other material used forfastening the tablet in the pedestal can be poured in from below, andthat when the stone is in an erect position no traces of the cement orof the cementing operation are visible.

To enable those skilled in the art to make 'and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

The base or pedestal A of our' tombstone is formed in the ordinarymanner, and it is provided with a socket, a, to receive the lower endb,of the tablet or head-stone B. That part of the tablet orhead-stonewhich enters the socket is made smaller than the rest, leav ing ashoulder, c, which projects over and conceals the edges of the socket.

. The usual cement used for securing the tablets in the pedestals issulphur, and the ordinary manner of introducing this cement is throughchannels passing down from the top of the pedestal, and by these meansthe surface of the pedestal ismarked or deformed 5 and, furthermore, itis very difficult to remove from the surface of said pedestal the tracesof the cement, whereby its appearance is still further spoiled. Thesedisadvantages we have obviated by Ineans of channels d, leading from,the bottom of the pedestal to the socket a, as clearly shown in thedrawings. Through these channels we introduce the sulphur or othercement, and in order to permit said cement to spread readily through thesocket we provide the lower part, b, of the tablet'with grooves ornotches e,- or said part may be fiuted in a transverse direction orsimply made rough, leaving sufficient room between its outer surface andthe sides of the socket for the cenif ent. Afterthe tablet and thepedestal have been prepared in this manner the tablet is turned upsidedown and the pedestal put on, and the sulphur or other cement can now beconveniently poured into the channels d, and as soon as the cement ishard the stone vis brought in an upright position, and all traces of thechannels or of the cement are rendered perfectly invisible. l Y

It is obvious that this invention is applicable to all tombstonescomposed of a pedestal

